India

New Delhi, Sept 15: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday flew down from Goa and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi amid continued worry over his health condition. The AIIMS refused to release any initial reports of medical condition of Mr. Parrikar, who was treated in the U.S. for a pancreatic ailment for three months earlier this year. Mr. Parrikar

New Delhi, Sept 15: Launching the "Swachhata Hi Seva" campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday all sections of society and every part of the country have joined the cleanliness drive as he noted few would have thought that nine crore toilets would be built and 4.5 lakh villages declared open defecation free in four years. The "cleanliness is service" campaign will continue till

New Delhi, Sept 15: Firing a fresh salvo on the Vijay Mallya issue, the BJP alleged that the Congress-led government had "raised and protected" the fugitive businessman and Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi had flown free of cost in his airlines in exchange for bank loans given to him. The BJP's media head Anil Baluni posed eight questions to highlight the alleged help provided by the UPA government

Hyderabad, Sept 15: In a case of ‘(dis)honour killing’, 23-year-old Dalit man was hacked to death in broad daylight in the Miryalaguda division of Nalgonda district in Telangana yesterday. The victim, Peramalla Pranay Kumar, was exiting a private hospital with his mother Premalatha and wife Amrutha Varshini at 1.30 p.m., when a tall man in safari suit approached him from behind and slashed his

New Delhi, Sept 14: Delhi's Saket Court on Friday ordered framing of charges against environmentalist and former TERI director RK Pachauri in connection with an alleged sexual harassment case. The charges will be framed under sections 354A (outraging modesty of a woman), 354 (sexual harassment), 509 (words used to outrage the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The next hearing of

New Delhi, Sept 14: Petrol and diesel prices Friday scaled new highs as rates were increased on account of rupee depreciation and rise in international oil rates. While petrol price was increased by 28 paise a litre, diesel rates went up by 22 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies. Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 81.28 per litre and diesel is priced at Rs 73

Indore, Sept 14: Praising the Dawoodi Bohra community for its honesty in trade and business, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the concept of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', the world is one family, gives India an identity different from all other countries. The prime minister was speaking at a function organised by the community at the Saifee Mosque where its religious head, Syedna Mufaddal

New Delhi, Sept 14: The Supreme Court on Friday held that former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan was "arrested unnecessarily, harassed and subjected to mental cruelty" in a 1994 espionage case and ordered a probe into the role of Kerala police officers. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation to 76-year-old Narayanan for being subjected to mental cruelty in the case

New Delhi, Sept 14: The CBI said on Thursday the change in a 2015 Look Out Circular against liquor baron Vijay Mallya from "detain" to merely informing about his movements was an "error" in judgment because he was cooperating in the probe and there was no warrant against him. Three years later as the controversy surfaced again on Thursday, the CBI sources said when the first Lookout Circular (LoC)

New Delhi, Sept 14: Justice Ranjan Gogoi was Thursday appointed as the 46th Chief Justice of India, according to the law ministry. He would assume office on October 3 after present incumbent Dipak Misra retires a day before. Justice Gogoi will have a tenure of a little over 13 months and would retire on November 17, 2019. President Ramnath Kovind signed warrants of appointment of Justice Gogoi